FDNY Names Teen from Idaho Honorary Firefighter

Marcus Musser, 18, beat cancer last autumn. He is a firefighter in training at his high school in Idaho and works with the Meridian Fire Department, but says his dream is to become a firefighter in New York City. On April 1, he got to be one as part of the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

After taking a tour of the facilities on Randalls Island – and getting to try the chauffeur simulator – he and his family received a big surprise. They were led into an auditorium full of probationary firefighters with Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano, Chief of Department Edward Kilduff, Chief of Training Thomas Galvin and Deputy Commissioner for Administration Doug White on stage, ready to swear him in as an Honorary Firefighter.

“We’re welcoming another firefighter into our family,” Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said. “I couldn’t think of a better person to be a New York City firefighter.”

Chief of Department Edward Kilduff told the young man the Probationary Firefighters “feel an allegiance to you. I know you have the same mindset they do.”